(putting -devel back in CC, as this is getting technical again) [We're talking about putting information on why a package is in non-free somewhere so that it can be parsed well when needed]
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:00:21PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:49:36PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:15:53PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > What about copyright.Debian, or copyright.DFSG ? > > > > That would be misleading I think. > > > > Why not add it to the copyright filer proper? > > I can go one better. Include /usr/share/vrms/reasons/$package > containing a line like this: > > $package: This package has a license which is full of shit > > vrms will then show the reasons for packages being in non-free. This > was never really publicised when it was added because, well, vrms just > isn't maintained that much. Ah, great. I'll try to submit this information to DWN for wider attention. Besides that, does anybody object to (mass-)filing wishlist bugs on non-free packages to add this information? Michael
